SUMMER SOLSTICE vs SWEAT SOLSTICE
Summer solstice, June 21, came and went last month. The day arrived and departed without notice, a non event. Today, 30 days later, there’s boundless buzz as the temp hits […]
LAZY DOESN’T BEGIN TO DESCRIBE THESE GUYS!
Scientists recently pulled up a astonishing discovery from deep in an Indian Ocean trench west of Australia. It was of Biblical proportions! Like in the Book of Geneses. From the […]
THERE’LL BE NO MORE PHONE CONVERSATIONS
Just a very long moment of silence We’ve had a good 143 years with phones since their invention. Going back to the old crank up boxes, the rotary dial, the […]
THE GARDNER ART HEIST Why we care about musty old canvas?
“Why would robbers steal that?” the burley cop asked soon after the Rembrandt, Vermeer and Degas theft was discovered at the Isabella Gardner Museum. Might be the $200 million […]
GREASE HAPPENS
My wife, Minako, returned recently from the BMW dealership. Her experience was hygienic, businesslike and efficient. The “Dealership Visit Experience” was a study in time motion, focus group approved procedures […]
ZEN AND THE ART OF CAR WASHING
You can always tell when spring arrives in New England. Daffodils pop up, snow banks are hard to find, and car freaks invade the shopping mall parking lots with their […]